25 Amazing Photographs taken by Amateurs

With the new DSLR cameras at disposal, everyone is a photographer; it’s just about that once-in-a-lifetime scene in front of you to make you famous. Quora, a community Q & A website, has a asked a very interesting question: What is the most amazing photo you have ever taken? Both professionals and amateurs have submitted their clicks and amazingly many photographs captured by amateurs got up voted to the top. Here are some of them:

“Whenever I’m flying home into LaGuardia Airport, I request a window seat and willfully disobey the flight crew by keeping my point-and-shoot turned on. On this particular September afternoon, there was high cloud cover with one rogue cloud hovering ominously above Midtown Manhattan. I timed this exposure so that you can see straight down 42nd Street, all the way to the Hudson River. Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Long Island City, Queens are visible in the foreground, separated by Newtown Creek.” – Jeff Weston explains